Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-08
NO UNCERTAIN SOUND.
Powderly's Address to tho K. OF L. Gen.
eral Assembly In Which he Places
Himself on Record on Inn.
portant Questions.
The First Mormon Conference Held fr
Salt Lake for Three Years Opened
Yesterday-The Board Of
Foreign Missions.

M1NNEApoL1s. October 6.-The first hour
OF to-day's session of the Knights OF Labor
Assembly was devoted to eulogies OF the
late Thos. Armstrong, OF Pittsburg. and
discussion of proposal to erect monu-
ment.s The Committee on Credentials re-
sumed business at 1890. Mrs. Marion
Todd. of Michig N, was refused admission
as we're also local assemblies 1,424, 3.714.
8, 3,492, 8, ,6O3, which asked to berepresented
by C. J. Driscoll, Of Denver. The ruling
was that they were only entitled to repre-
through their district. A motion
TO reinstate District Assembly 126 OF New
York City was ruled out of order. Roll
call showed 225 delegates present.
immediately after the call to order this
afternoon Mr.. Powderly began reading his
annual address.
POwDERLY's ADDRESS.
The following is the substance OF Pow
derly's address. He says in part: "When
the last session of the General Assembly
closed, it dissolved amid a clamor OF dis
contente men and warning of factions. It
was large and unwieldy body and from
so many men who we're, up to that time,
strangers to each other, it was expecting
too much to ask them to enact perfect
legislation. This body il smaller than it's
predecessor and l expect better things at
it's hands. We adjourned a year ago with
dissension in our own ranks That dissension
was enlarged upon and scattered to the
world by enemies from within, from with.
out. News of the discord reached the
ears OF employers of labor, land they, in
many instances. took advantage OF what
they mistook for our weakness. and rushed
into conflict with our members in various
parts of the country" Here the complete
history OF the famous Chicago strikes OF
last year was given in detail. THE
RELATION OF THE ORDER TO ANARCHISTS
has taken up so much space in the public
prints and been the subject of 80 much dis
cussiou in the assemblies of some large
cities that it is proper to report to you my
doings in connection Herewith. Let me
say here that never, as has been so much
asserted in the press, confOunded Socialism
with Anarchy. draw wide line OF dis
tinction between the two, as every reading,
thinking man must. l will ask OF the Cen
eral Assembly to define the position OF the
order on attempts that ha, been made to
prostitute it to such base uses as Anarch-
lists would put it. have never publicly
uttered u sentiment regarding the sentence
of the seven men who are condemned to
death in Chicago. l will now
GIVE MY OPINION
II these men did not have a fair trial. such
as is the guarantee Of every man in the
United States, ,athen they should be granted
new trial. If they have not been found
guilty of murder they should not be hanged.
they are to be hanged for the actions OF
others it is not just. The man who threw
the bomb in Chicago should be hanged and
his accomplices should receive the punish.
ment allotted to such offenses by the laws
of Illinois," All letters relating
at length. The Denver questions were
given in full, and of the matter Powderly
said: II regarded the whole affair as an
outrage, and the gu. stions as being inper-
tinent, rascally and prompted by malice
or revenge. The resolution which should
pass is one to demand that every avowed
Anarchist be obliged to withdraw from the
order CT be expelled, we having nothing to
tear from trades unions. but everything to
fear from the contaminat ting influence ol
men who preach destruction
THE KNIGHTS PATRIOTISM.
Powderly devotes some time to an ex'
planation OF his kno ledge OF the Home
Club of New York regarding which he said
much abuse aud ridicule had been heaped
on him for the past two years in conse-
quence of his supposed connection with it
He quoted voluminOus correspOnde' ce and
related incidentally the facts as known to
him of the at empt made to take his life
Referring to his recOmmendati,n to mem
Der. of the order to celebrate the Fourth
of July last, he said: II did this on account
Of the many charges that have been made
rega riding the disregard OF the labor organi
cations for law and contempt for the tlat
and Constitution OF the country. l did
this that the world might know the
CHARACTER OF THE ORDER,
and was not disappointed. for the cele
brations under the auspices of Knights o.
Labor, were held in over nine hundred
places throughout the country" In hi'
recommendations to the General Assembly
Powderly says: 1.-The day has come fol
the Knights to ask at the hands OF Con-
gress the passage OF a law creating De
partment OF Labor. The prosperity Z!
the whole country rests upon the broad
shoulders OF labor. And there ia nothin!
now so prominently before the natioI
and the world as the question OF labor.
He recommends that steps be take,
to have the next Congress &C,
on the bill to establish Governmental
telegraph TO be run in connection will
the postal service. II believe it could &C
before next Congress asking for passage o
but one or two measures. They shoult
be important ones and the full strength o
the organization should be behind thos'
who make the demand. I believe. however
that not ing can be more important thar
the passage OF laws creating the Govern
mental telegraph and a
NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
Powderly declares that to deal knowingl.
and intel igently with questions in tn
declaration Of principles the order shoule
have journal published under it's control
which would reach members. 1t should
have a department especially devote'
to discussion Of those very questions. |
must make radical change in the meth
ods of educa ting its members. The worl
of educa ton OF old and young is dut.
we should not attempt to put to one side
Referring to the regulation OF Stat
and Territorial labor and trade
assemblies, he calls attention Il
his plan published in the journal Q
September 10th. The adoption OF tn
universal benefit plan is recommended.
Stay of Execution Granted.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., October 6.-[Specia